A quest to expose fraudsters in Lagos led Carlos Barragán to a criminal racket fuelled by poverty — and by western loneliness ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An infamous Nigerian love scammer who swindled mostly elderly women out of nearly $1 million is on the run after failing to turn ...

A U.S. District Court in Tacoma sentenced Franklin Ikechukwu Nwadialo, a 42-year-old Nigerian man to five years in prison for stealing $3.5 million dollars through an online romance scam.

A Nigerian romance scammer was found guilty by a federal jury of laundering more than $120,000 from a Triangle area man, officials announced Wednesday. Saheed Sunday Owolabi, 34, was convicted Oct. 16 ...

Carlos Barragán is a reporter and researcher for The New York Times and the author of “The Yahoo Boys: Love, Deception, and ...

An infamous Nigerian love scammer who swindled mostly elderly women out of nearly $1 million is on the run after failing to turn herself in for the start of an eight-year prison sentence. Federal ...

A U.S. District Court in Tacoma sentenced Franklin Ikechukwu Nwadialo, a 42-year-old Nigerian man to five years in prison for stealing $3.5 million dollars through an online romance scam. The scam ...

A Nigerian romance scammer was found guilty last month of money laundering. His victims include a Triangle area man trying to buy a home in Apex. AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read ...